Substantiation of special and developmental capabilities of means and methods of musical and motor activity in adaptive physical education of children with Down syndrome (according to the results of the state task for the implementation of applied scientific research of the Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation)

The text of the article presents the data, revealing some special and developmental capabilities of means and methods of musical and motor activity in the physical education of children with Down syndrome. On the basis of search experiments, the author states that the leading mean should be the rhythmic gymnastics. Special methods of its application are tutor's help, alternation of coordination exercises with exercises of running, performance of locomotions in a circle, use of attributes, realization of motor activity within forty minutes. Also, the data, indicating the positive effect of the use of reasonable organizational and methodological conditions in the pedagogical practice of adaptive physical education of children with Down syndrome are presented.